Gabrielle O'Hara, a bush pilot in Brazil, enlists a childhood friend, Nicolao Hamilton, to help her return a conquistador's gold sunburst medallion their fathers had stolen from a shrine in a rain forest. Gabby believes that act put a curse upon their lives. When Nic balks, saying the trip would be suicide, Gabby shanghais Nic. more...

Cat Kincade has vowed never to come within a light year of her husband again. Until a dying world's plea to the Corps for help places her on the same team captained by Wulfe Kincade, her estranged mate, the man who has done his utmost to destroy her. Wulfe Kincade can't believe Cat has the audacity to show up on his ship. He'd make a deal with... more...

The Marble Faun (1860) was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne. After writing The Blithedale Romance in 1852, Hawthorne, approaching fifty, turned away from publication and obtained a political appointment as American Consul in Liverpool, England, an appointment which he held from 1853 to 1857. In 1858, Hawthorne and his wife... more...

A pact is sealed in secret behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison. In return for a night of unparalleled pleasure, a dashing condemned criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress, thereby rescuing her with his name from an impending and abhorred arranged union. But in the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a solemn promise is broken, as... more...

The fiery and outspoken adopted daughter of one of England's most formidable women, Shemaine O'Hearn has made powerful enemies. And now her adversaries have found a way to remove the hot-blooded beauty from her life of privilege: by falsely convicting Shemaine of thievery and sending her in shackles to America, where she is to be sold in indentured... more...

Jess Mulcahey's life gets complicated in a hurray when she finds herself babysitting a top-secret koala bear. As Jess's world gets tossed into the whirlwind of Navy SEALS and ransom deadlines, her best hope may be to hang on for the ride. With CODE NAME: PRINCESS, Christina Skye features her signature blend of seduction and adventure that readers... more...

Forget about counterterrorism, organized crime, and money laundering. Female FBI agent Summer Mulcahey is about to enter the terrifying world of ballet classes, science tutorials, and carpooling. After working six months straight on a hideous kidnapping case, all Summer Mulcahey wants is a serious dose of sun, surf, and sangria. Instead she gets... more...

Joseph Sur Landzlodt is guided through his nephew's drawings, to MeLing, a mysterious woman of the forest. Joe, grieving for his murdered fiancée, believes happiness may be within reach at last. But terror overwhelms them as MeLIng slowly reveals her secrets and Joe realizes that he is the only one who can save them all. A fast, romantic adventure... more...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. ***********. Skin O'' My tooth, aka Patrick Mulligan, was created by Baroness Emmuska Orczy (author of the Scarlet Pimpernel series), and appeared in several stories which were collected in Skin o'' My Tooth. His Memoirs, By His Confidential Clerk (1928). Mulligan... more...